Dancing in the Kindergarten

We had a dance class with Mr. Gardner today. We are so lucky!

Holiday Sing-A-Long

Counting Strategies

Today we learned how to get organized when counting larger numbers. We learned about two different counting strategies: 

1) Count and scoot

2) Count and touch

After learning about these strategies we gave them a try with a partner and then on our own!

Comparing Numbers

We had three sets of cards to sort, numerals, 10 frames, and quantity cards. It was so much fun, with a whole lot of learning going on. 

Holidays Around The World

We started our new unit today, "holidays around the world." After an exploration of our own traditions we created suitcases for our upcoming exploration of different holidays. 

Comparing Numbers

It was another busy day in math! We were picking number cards, building number towers, comparing the two towers and spinning to see who won each round. You won depending on if the spin was "more" or "fewer."

Writing Workshop - Share

In the following pictures students are sharing their writing pieces by reading to the class.

Fundations

Ordering Objects To 10

Community Service Project

We started our decorations for the annual fire station decorating community service project. On Friday we will walk down and decorate the station. 

A Great Book

What do you do when you have a great book and you can't put it down? Take it out for recess and share it with your friends of course.

Kindergarten and Third Grade Book Buddies

The third grade practiced fluent and expressive reading throughout the week to prepare for reading to us! Kindergartners and third graders were paired up as reading buddies. Watching these kids read together was amazing, we hope to do this a lot this year.

Composing And Decomposing Numbers

How many ways can you show 7? The kindergarten kids found out there are many different number combinations possible to get to one number. It was another fun, hands-on, interactive, cooperative day in our math workshop.

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin

We connected literacy with math with a great book and a fun project! It began with a read aloud of "How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin" and continued with opening a pumpkin to estimate what we thought. Then the estimating and recording our estimates for a later comparison. The really fun part was digging in and separating the seeds from the pulp so we could dry them and count them later.